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Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III, Vol. 1 (2xLP)

Although his first studio album in three years has been long-awaited and repeatedly delayed, Lil Wayne has been anything but absent. Since THA CARTER II, Weezy has left an impressive mass of recordings--from mixtapes (authorized and otherwise) to guest appearances--in his wake as he blusters through the rap industry. In the third installment of the THA CARTER series, Wayne shows he's earned the right to ego-trip as he lets his off-kilter flow, freak-out lyrics, and vocal acrobatics run wild over 16 tracks. Scaling the heights of hubris on "Dr. Carter," he plays an MC/doctor treating a certain music genre diagnosed as lifeless and closes with a quintessential Weezy snarl: "Welcome back hip-hop/I saved your life." Wayne then shifts to alien-mode for the E.T.-inspired "Phone Home." As expected, THA CARTER III is rife with big name producers (The Alchemist, Kanye West, Wyclef Jean, David Banner, Swizz Beatz, will.i.am) and guest artists (Jay-Z, Babyface, Busta Rhymes, Juelz Santana, Fabolous, T-Pain) from all coasts.

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (2xLP - Red Vinyl)

Tha Carter IV is the highly anticipated ninth studio release from rapper Lil Wayne, his third consecutive album to reach #1 on the Billboard 200 charts, and first since being released from prison. The album follows-up Tha Carter III, the top selling album of 2008 and Grammy Award winner for Best Rap Album, and 2010's I Am Not a Human Being. Features the singles "6 Foot 7 Foot" and "John."